 The alley cat holds Jerry while Tom readies the axe, and as Tom raises the axe over his head, his devilish conscience appears and convinces him that he does not have to share Jerry.He then makes an X on the alley cat's head, which Tom swings for, but stops short, panting at his inability to commit murder.The devil appears again, disgusted, using his famed reasoning to convince the cat that Tom had priorities on Jerry, successfully breaking through to Tom.